Disney could sell Lucasfilm ?

Yeah Disney isnt selling Lucasfilm but it is having a yard sale.

To be fair, I do think Lucasfilm should be one of the last properties Disney should consider selling. While the Star Wars IP has been damaged and Indy 5 essentially proves that modern audiences dont care about Indiana Jones anymore (or at least the iteration Disney is selling), Lucasfilm also has made a ton of innovations in filmmaking in general, being a leader in that regard under Lucas with one of the last innovations being used in Mando. If that innovation sector is still being funded, Lucasfilm would still have value in innovating filmmaking that would benefit Disney's other films. OT Star Wars also still makes cash.

If I were Iger, I would first consider selling Fox IPs piecemeal. Simpsons is not worth what Disney paid for but I can see Netflix or Prime paying a pretty penny to have the fabled series on their streaming platforms along with Family Guy. Disney can also attempt to make some money selling X-men and F4 to someone like Sony to do what they wish with while collaborating on MCU films like they do with Spiderman now.

Probably not enough but given the Fox cost $71 bn and the Hulu deal needs $9 bn, Im sure they can raise that by selling the lower priority stuff from the Fox acquisition that doesnt really fit their company values which is family friendly.
 
One of the reasons why the innovations under Lucas were so celebrated, even if his later films weren't, was in part because he showcased all the work put into them with the public in the form of behind the scenes documentaries included as extras on the physical media releases. Some of those documentaries have won awards. Aside from the volume, I haven't seen much evidence that there's any innovation really happening under Lucasfilm post 2012. In fact, from what I understand, the volume was only achieved because Lucas himself pushed for it. Without his vision and foresight, I don't know that one effects tool alone is enough to save an entire company. I know they keep their cards close to the vest in terms of their business practices, so there might be some tech the public isn't aware of, but I don't think it's likely. Besides, AI is potentially going to bulldoze most Hollywood studios (and other countless industries) if the moronic studio heads have anything to say about it.
 
The final frontier for CGI has always been realistic human faces. They've pretty much done it. It consumes a ton of money/manpower per second but it's there.

CGI effects evolution is not over but the jaw-dropping new achievements are mostly done. What's left is not very interesting or game-changing compared to ILM's early/mid years. It's mostly finding ways to streamline & cheapen the processes.
 
I saw some clips from Dialtone of Density and while some shots looked very convincing, there were just as many that looked like a really creepy/ bad photoshop. I know they'll perfect it one day, but man.... the shots that didn't work, boy were they obvious!
 
If I recall the young Luke and Leia faces in rise of Skywalker were basically cut outs very similar to photoshop methods. Pushing the boundaries and creating new ones was an ILM staple under uncle George. With Disney LFL it seems to have fallen under the cost cutting mouse method of product consumption.
 
Psab keel said:
I saw some clips from Dialtone of Density and while some shots looked very convincing, there were just as many that looked like a really creepy/ bad photoshop. I know they'll perfect it one day, but man.... the shots that didn't work, boy were they obvious!
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Right? In certain scenes in Dire case of Dysentery, it was pretty disturbing; like it should have worked, but the "element of life" was clearly missing.
 
scarf man said:
So, will Disney sell Lucasfilm? I think not.
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Lucasfilm is going to buy Disney:lol::lol::lol: and the actors/writers strike is adding to the pain: sets are being demolished on a series of movies/series.
The last movie set to be destroyed is the one for Andor (shooting in the U.K.)
They cannot pay rent on those locations forever, hoping for a fast conclusion to the strike.

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Its the season of bottle episodes lol.

Andor is arrested and is in a cell interviewing with an imperial officer for 8 episodes.
Mando is floating in his ship and telling stories to Grogu.
Ashoka is meditating in a pod for 8 episodes.

 
Who wants to start the GoFundMe to buy back at least one of the franchises? Even if it just stops them from damaging the IP with more lousy high-concept/low-brow material it might be worth it. Who wants to be a foster parent for an abused franchise?
 
"the Snow White Prince is a stalker" -

That sounds like an "I never wanted to do this movie in the first place" problem. The issue has been rampant in Hollywood in the last 30 years as everything became a remake/sequel.


A producer/director/star says: "I want to make a dark gritty drama about a mafia hit-man coming to terms with his sexuality."

The studio: "Yeah, no. We wanna pay you $20m to make our next big Superman movie."

Producer/director/star: "Okay I'll take your $20m. But we're gonna do it my way. I'm picturing a dark gritty R-rated Superman. He loses all his super powers in the first act. So gets himself a kevlar vest & guns and starts shooting criminals. And his relationship with Lois Lane is on the rocks because he realizes he's gay."

The studio: (hand wave) "Whatever, you're the creative one. We're too overpaid & coked-up & incompetent to care what you do with the material. Just make sure it has a $100m opening weekend."


IMO a lot of these creatives (producer/director/stars) need to STFU and do their jobs. That's what playing Snow White is - a job. If Rachel Zegler didn't wanna do it then she didn't have to take the gig. I don't see her complaining about the big Disney-princess paycheck.
 
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Can someone remind me why The Titanic was such a massive success? For sure it had nothing to do with little preteen girls falling in love with Leo and going back 5 times to see the movie over and over again....it must have been all those Titanic history buffs.
 
janglesworthy said:
Can someone remind me why The Titanic was such a massive success? For sure it had nothing to do with little preteen girls falling in love with Leo and going back 5 times to see the movie over and over again....it must have been all those Titanic history buffs.
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James Cameron in his prime + Romeo & Juliet storyline + that sinking ship morality-tale + modern CGI tech making an accurate portrayal possible for the first time + that kind of melodrama being unusal at the time + an upcoming hot male star . . . it was a helluva combo.
 

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